Read more about the article Mothers’ Religious Influence on Children Experiencing Trauma: Haiti Community Clinic Focus Groups

Mothers’ Religious Influence on Children Experiencing Trauma: Haiti Community Clinic Focus Groups

An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 10th, 2010. The earthquake, an urgent crisis, occurred in the context of persistent social dysfunctions, amplifying both the chronic poor living conditions and adversities for children and families. The purpose of the study was to enquire into the possible ways children in Haiti are socialized by the religiousness and other coping ways of their mothers and caretakers in the childhood contexts of societal and continuous trauma.

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Read more about the article A Comparative Study of Culture and Cultural Heritage in Humanitarian Aid Efforts: Post-Earthquake Haiti and Post-Tsunami Aceh

A Comparative Study of Culture and Cultural Heritage in Humanitarian Aid Efforts: Post-Earthquake Haiti and Post-Tsunami Aceh

This thesis explores how cultural knowledge, beliefs, and practices affected the humanitarian aid response to disasters in Haiti and Aceh Province, Indonesia. It examines the importance of local knowledge in post-disaster response situations and how aid workers’ “expertise” interplays with local knowledge, decision-making structures, and leadership.

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Read more about the article Lived Experience of Suffering Through the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti

Lived Experience of Suffering Through the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of suffering through the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The experiences of 13 individuals who lived suffering through the 2010 earthquake in Haiti were elicited. Heideggerian hermeneutical phenomenology served as both the guiding philosophy and methodology for this research study...

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Read more about the article Disaster Narratives of Flood Experiences in Cap-Haitien, Haiti: An Anthropological Study

Disaster Narratives of Flood Experiences in Cap-Haitien, Haiti: An Anthropological Study

Disaster narratives engender cultural meaning, feature localized interpretations of suffering, and highlight a symbolic relationship to Haitian survival. This dissertation draws from 27 months of fieldwork and narrative research to explore flooding experiences and local perspectives on socio-economic and political life in Haiti.

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Read more about the article Stories of Tragedy, Trust and Transformation? Learning from participatory community development experience in post-earthquake Haiti

Stories of Tragedy, Trust and Transformation? Learning from participatory community development experience in post-earthquake Haiti

Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake of 2010 left some 200,000 people dead, 1.5 million homeless and most government buildings destroyed. Even pre-disaster, Haiti’s outcomes on the UN Human Development Index were among the lowest in the world, and since the quake the country has fallen into further decline. Today, most Haitians continue to lack basic services, struggle with daily survival, and confront daunting obstacles to change.

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Read more about the article Crowdsourcing for Natural Disaster Response: An Evaluation of Crisis Mapping The 2010 Haitian Earthquake

Crowdsourcing for Natural Disaster Response: An Evaluation of Crisis Mapping The 2010 Haitian Earthquake

On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, causing catastrophic damages that resulted in at least 300,000 dead, 300,000 serious injuries, and 1.8 million homeless. The destruction was so complete that roads were no longer visible. While buildings, roads, power, and other infrastructure have taken years to restore, mobile phone service was restored almost immediately.

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Read more about the article Haiti is a Sliding Land: Displacement, Community, and Humanitarianism in Post-Earthquake Port-Au-Prince

Haiti is a Sliding Land: Displacement, Community, and Humanitarianism in Post-Earthquake Port-Au-Prince

A Haitian proverb suggests that the country has long been a sliding land, a site of uncertainty and chronic catastrophe. On January 12, 2010, Haiti collapsed suddenly into sudden, telegenic disaster when a devastating earthquake hit its capital, Port-au-Prince, killing hundreds of thousands of people and destroying much of the city.

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Read more about the article Covering the Haiti Earthquake Of 2010: How Journalists used Technology to Capture the conditions of Haiti in the Aftermath

Covering the Haiti Earthquake Of 2010: How Journalists used Technology to Capture the conditions of Haiti in the Aftermath

For decades, Haiti has been repeatedly troubled by devastation and disasters that pull at the heartstrings of the international community. In recent history, Haiti struggled under a military dictatorship in the 1980 and 90s, faced numerous hurricanes, and weathered destructive tropical storms.

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